Lest you, gentle reader, imagine that I have abstained from long and boring descriptions of my surfing progress of late out of respect for your preference for colorful anecdotes and photographs, you will be dismayed to hear that in truth it is only the poor quality and quantity of waves these past two weeks that have stayed these nimble fingers.
That could change today.
There are signs that the waves are indeed getting a bigger and arriving somewhat more regularly than they have in a long time. After yesterday afternoon's session, when I caught a scant two waves in my first 45 minutes in the water and had dry hair for the first 20 minutes, this morning's session was a godsend, even if the waves were objectively still underwhelming relative to the historical norm.
I'm not the only one excited by this. The surfing population of Guiones has been increasingly on edge as the lull has dragged on, the days turning into weeks, and the forecast perpetually claiming that a new swell will arrive in another three or four days. Unfortunately, that population has undergone a huge boom since last season, which has made the competition for scarce waves even more intense. Having been featured recently in Outside magazine and the New York Times, it seems this off-the-map surf spot is no longer as far off the map as it used to be, even if the two and a half hour ride from the nearest airport is as bumpy as it ever was. The silver lining in this wave drought may be that some first-time visitors will document their disappointing experience here online, and thereby dim Guiones' star a little.
Hopefully the new trend continues and we get some consistent, good-size, peeling waves in the next few days, so that I can resume boring you with the minutiae of my achievements (or lack thereof) in the water.
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